One of the oldest military-historical museums, a great battlefield, sacred to all Russians place - the Borodino field. The museum, created here, the first of its kind not only in Russia, but all over the world, was founded in 1839, only 27 years after the significant battle of the Russian army with the troops of Napoleon. Today, more than two hundred memorable objects are stored here: fortifications, architectural monuments of the 19th and 20th centuries, and monuments of military glory.
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How to get to the Borodino field
You can get to the Borodino field from Belorussky railway station by train to Mozhaisk, then by regular bus to the Borodino museum or to the Borodino station, from which the museum is about three kilometers taxi or on foot.)
Also buses 457 run to Mozhaisk from the station. metro station "Victory Park" (exit from the metro on Barclay Street). Further from Mozhaisk - by bus. By car you can reach Minsk or Mozhayskoye highway. According to the "Mink" - up to 96, 102 km or 108 km, then to the right - to Mozhaisk, from there to the museum only 12 km.
Address: 143240, Moscow region, Mozhaisk region, Borodino village.
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Opening hours and entrance
The Borodino Field Museum-Reserve operates from May to October from 10:00 to 18:00 (the ticket office is until 5:00 pm), from November to April from 9:00 to 16:30 (checkout till 15:30), except Monday and last Friday of each month. Telephone / fax for reference: (496-38) 6-32-23. Excursion department: (496-38) 5-15-22; 5-15-46.
When planning an excursion to Borodino, all the facilities and the field itself should be laid all day - the territory here is extensive, and you can walk for a long time. Group bus excursions from Moscow take, as a rule, about 12 hours.
You can view the Borodino field free of charge, for visiting the expositions you will have to pay - from 50 rubles (there are benefits). However, it is much more interesting to walk around the local places with a guide, since it's quite difficult to navigate yourself, and the guide will tell you about the movement of batteries, the mistakes of commanders and the glorious feats of the Russian army in the best possible way. The payment for excursions depends on the number of tourists and duration: adult - from 110 rubles, schoolchildren - from 70.
Routes of walks - the most diverse: from the panorama to the pilgrimage, with the possibility to order a moleben on the Rayevsky battery. Among the schoolchildren is popular literary and interactive walk "Borodino battle and the poem by M. Yu. Lermontov" Borodino. "
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Climate Borodino
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| @ Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| In the afternoon | - 6 | - 4 | + 1 | + 10 | + 18 | + 21 | + 23 | + 21 | + 15 | + 8 | + 1 | - 3 |
| at night | - 12 | - 11 | - 5 | + 1 | + 7 | + 11 | + 13 | + 12 | + 7 | + 2 | - 3 | - 8 |
Souvenirs
There are several souvenir stalls on the territory of the museum-reserve - in the Borodino visit center and in the Spaso- The Borodino Monastery. There you can buy souvenirs, connected not only with the Patriotic War of 1812, but also the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. For example, rare posters and sets of postcards, miniature copies of artillery pieces. Especially popular among boys and collectors are miniature figures of soldiers of the Russian and French armies. Souvenir medals, badges and coins are sold here
Entertainments, excursions and sights of the Borodino field
Getting acquainted with the museum-reserve begins already at Borodino railway station . To the 190th anniversary of the great battle an exposition dedicated to events and heroes of the battle of those years, as well as the October battles of 1941 . However, the main exposition is, of course, in the center of the Borodino field, in the pavilion of the Rayevsky battery . It is called "Borodino - the battle of giants" and keeps authentic artifacts and items related to the battle . In particular, one can see the uniforms and weapons of the soldiers of both armies, the standards, banners and awards, maps, documents, personal belongings of soldiers and officers . There are also paintings created by participants and contemporaries of the Patriotic War of 1812 year .
After examination of the main exposition, it is necessary to visit the Spaso-Borodino Monastery, the territory of which was sheltered by five more exhibitions. For example, Borodino during the Great Patriotic War, where you can find out about the work of the field mobile hospital located on the territory of the museum complex from July to September 1941, as well as the courageous confrontation of the Soviet soldiers with the fascists.
In order to dispel a little from the sad pictures of the previous Exposure, be sure to go to the exhibition "Military Art Toy", which enthralls 99 boys from 100 . After all, there are figures of soldiers from different eras, as well as a unique model of one of the episodes B Orodino battle, near which a schoolboy with imagination and minimal knowledge of history can stand for hours . And while the children with burning eyes play their own outcome of the battle in their heads, adults can enter the refectory of the Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist of the Spaso-Borodino Monastery and examine the collection of the Military Gallery Borodino Field . Portraits of generals and officers of the Russian army, as well as ordinary participants of the Battle of Borodino (more than 70 paintings) .
Of course, the museum exposition the pious would not be complete without mentioning the name of the famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his novel "War and Peace" . Which in 1867 visited here personally, stayed at the hotel at the monastery and collected material for his great book . Today in the the walls of the former hotel you can see the exhibition "Heroes of the novel" War and Peace "on the Borodino Field", as well as find out exactly where Andrei Bolkonsky fought .And in the small House-Museum of Abbess Mary (in the world of Margarita Mikhailovna Tuchkova) it is worthwhile to look at the reconstructed interior of the rooms in which the founder of the Spaso-Borodino Monastery lived. Mother Mary .
Finally, the military-historical settlement "Doronino" A unique village of the 19th century, recreating the peasant and military life of those years. Here it is possible not only to find out where and how soldiers and officers lived during the war of 1812, but also to try the real soldiers' mess.
Events in Borodino
Every September in the Borodino Field, every first Sunday of September, the military historical holiday -Reconstruction "Day of Borodin", which is dedicated to the anniversary of the great battle. Tourists, schoolchildren, students and historians watch with a sinking heart how two armies - Russian and French - are reconverging on the Borodino field. In full military uniform of the beginning of the 19th century, they play the battery movement, the outcome of the battle.
On September 8, the Day of Russian Military Glory is celebrated. Another important day in the Borodino calendar is May 9, when modern and retro technology is leaving the field, concerts, parades, fireworks are held. On this day, the entrance to the museum-reserve is traditionally free. Another military historical holiday dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, is held on the second Sunday in October - "Moscow is behind us. 1941 year.
Every year on June 12, on the Day of Russia, on the Borodino field you can attend a meeting of descendants of participants of the Patriotic War of 1812. And at the end of May, as part of the holiday for schoolchildren "Steadfast Tin Soldier", soldiers on the field come to life "from life" and a costume parade is arranged. There are Russian and French soldiers in the uniforms of 1812 and their miniature copies.
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